CVE-2017-0037
Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer: Type Confusion
As of , CVE-2017-0037 in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 28 March 2022
- US federal deadline
- 18 April 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.80Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.96 on 28 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 3 Exploit-DB entries (2 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer have a type confusion vulnerability in mshtml.dll, which allows remote code execution.
CISA's description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge have a type confusion issue in the Layout::MultiColumnBoxBuilder::HandleColumnBreakOnColumnSpanningElement function in mshtml.dll, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence and crafted JavaScript code that operates on a TH element.
The CVE record's description, from microsoft
- CVE published
- 26 February 2017
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- CVSS
- 8.1 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-843
- Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
- CWE-704
- Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 41454).
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 42354).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 43125).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Windows 7 x86) - 'mshtml.dll' Remote Code Execution (MS17-007)EDB-ID 43125, verified by Exploit-DB, 17 October 2017
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Edge / Internet Explorer - 'HandleColumnBreakOnColumnSpanningElement' Type ConfusionEDB-ID 41454, verified by Exploit-DB, 24 February 2017
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'mshtml.dll' Remote Code Execution (MS17-007)EDB-ID 42354, 24 July 2017
Edge and Internet Explorer: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-0878Memory Corruption | Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer | Patch this weekRansomware use | 0.03 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org